Help required. New HD. File-path issues

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Ste_clectic
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Help required. New HD. File-path issues

Post by Ste_clectic » Thu Oct 28, 2021 2:49 pm

The external HD where I store my user library and 3rd party samples has failed. Luckily I made a TimeMachine backup.

I bought a new external HD (solid state this time) and copied all folders from the TineMachine backup.

Here’s the issue. I cannot rename the new HD such that it would have the same name as the old HD. It seems the format of the new HD limits drive naming to 12 characters. The old HD was named with 13 characters.

Obviously, project file-parts are now incorrect . I now have to manually search for every sample each time I open a legacy project. Does anyone know of more efficient workaround? I really don’t want to reformat the new HD if it can be avoided.

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